Barnsley FC v Peterborough United: Conor Hourihane says Reds are 'on the cusp'
Barnsley welcome Peterborough United in League One with their coach, Conor Hourihane, believing his players are "on the cusp" of something at Oakwell.
The Reds are unbeaten in their last four games but Hourihane feels they could be 100 per cent in that time, and he is delighted with the quality of their attacking play.
Unfortunately defending is letting them down, five goals scored against Northampton Town and Wimbledon only enough for draws.
Hourihane is looking at it in a more positive light.
"It's such fine margins, it's just on the cusp at the minute," he said. "We could easily have beaten Wimbeldon, we could easily have lost, we could easily have beaten Northampton – potentially we could have maybe lost that one but I felt we were really strong throughout the game – and we've beaten Stevenage and Blackpool here as well.
"There's not much in the league at the minute, we just need to turn that in our favour over the next couple of games."
David McGoldrick scored his sixth goal in as many games and Reyes Cleary reached 10 assists – more than anyone in the English leagues bar Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes – in the 3-3 draw with Wimbledon.
"We created loads of opportunities – 18 shots, many on target (seven) and could have scored more, so huge positives to take, as always,” reflected Hourihane.
"I love watching our attacking play and how we pass the ball and that starts from (goalkeeper) Owen Goodman. It's a team effort when we attack and it's been a positive for us over the course of the season.
"We've got some wingers we really like who are in good form in Banksy (Scott Banks) and Reyes. We need to highlight more some of the attacking play because people are probably focussing on the goals conceded."
The squad is looking in good shape physically.
"Josh Earl is probably the only long-term one," said Hourihane of his injuries. "Tawanda (Chirewa) is going to be on the grass later in the week, he'll miss Tuesday's game and we're hoping he's in good stead for Saturday's."
Meanwhile, the League One game at Stevenage, postponed last week due to a waterlogged pitch, will now take place on April 21, meaning Barnsley go into their last game of the season at home to Stockport County on the back of six matches out of eight away.